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" Justin Timberlake has a great live show. "
Syd
Live
Justin Timberlake
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" I sing, but I'm not a singer. I'm just a producer who sings on her own songs because I can't find anybody else who sounds like me. "
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Me
Like
Find
" I get kinda nervous before every show. "
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Every
Get
Kinda
" My dad's a businessman, and I grew up looking up to him, how he dressed to go to work and, whenever I went to his office, how he spoke to people. "
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Work
Dressed
Looking
" At the end of the day, I represent myself first and foremost, and I'm not going to ever purposely try and misrepresent myself. "
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End
Day
Try
" It was a nerve-wracking first few years having to tour and perform in front of people with the little bit of confidence I had. "
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First
Confidence
People
" I was 16 when I recorded 'Flashlight.' I produced it, made the beat, wrote it, recorded it. "
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Wrote
Beat
Made
" It took me a very long time to be comfortable in my own skin. "
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Time
Skin
Long
" It's no secret that I love women. I think everyone loves women. And I like having beautiful women around me. "
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Beautiful
Think
Me
" I love being part of a creative process, so having a band to work with is perfect for me. "
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Creative
Work
Process
" I was a loner; I spent the first half of high school alone. "
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Loner
High
High School
" I wish I could sing like Nelly. "
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I Wish
Wish
Sing
" My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do. "
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Whatever
Parents
Supportive
" I've always known I was a genius. But I never thought I was a star. "
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Thought
Always
Genius
" I know that Shia LaBeouf and Fiona Apple went to my alma mater, Hamilton High. "
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High
Apple
Hamilton
" I use Logic or Reason and a midi keyboard for beats. If it's gonna have all live instruments in it, I'll probably use Pro Tools and have the band lay stuff down. "
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Band
Down
Live
" Finding someone that trusted my vision helped me find certainty in who I was. "
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Vision
Finding
Who
" I knew that if I just came out as a singer, people would just be criticizing my voice. "
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People
Singer
Out
" I've realised that I actually like being by myself. "
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Realised
Myself
Being
" When I was 14 and I wanted to buy stuff, I didn't like asking for stuff from my parents, so I started a couple companies, and the last one ended up being my studio. "
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Asking
Like
Parents
" I, for one, am, like, the most ordinary person. Like, people look past me all the time because I'm just so blending in. "
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Person
Me
Look
" I think that's what I learned a lot from Odd Future. I learned a lot of great things from them, but one of the mistakes that they made was that we didn't stay together, and we didn't communicate. We never had meetings. Everybody had issues with everybody else and wouldn't talk about it. "
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Together
Mistakes
Great
" I've always been comfortable with my gayness, but I was intimidated by the social anxiety. "
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Comfortable
Social
Anxiety
" Studying James Fauntleroy, I learned it's okay to write a bad song. Just write another one the next day and hope that it's better. "
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Hope
Bad
Better
" The gay community hated me for being part of Odd Future. They thought Odd Future was homophobic because they tend to use homophobic slang, and they were like: 'How can you work for and support homophobes?' But they aren't homophobic; they just don't really care whether you're offended or not. "
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Support
Work
Future
" I think too many people are offended by stuff that doesn't matter. "
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Offended
Matter
People
" I used to feel like I wasn't a good songwriter when I couldn't finish a song by myself. "
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Myself
Feel
Finish
" I think everybody goes through times where they're vulnerable and then times where you're confident and cocky. "
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Think
Through
You
" I want to be a great performer. "
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Great
Performer
Want
" I have stopped going out places just to avoid uncomfortable conversations. "
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Going
Uncomfortable
Places
" I grew up in a house that was constantly under construction. It's been under construction my whole life. My mom loves interior decor, and my dad loves construction - he loves demolition and building new walls. "
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Building
House
Construction